In this chapter, we are introduced to a young woman named saki, who works as a part-timer at a convenience store. She and her co-worker, izumi, are in the middle of their morning routine when they bump into each other. saki asks saki if she is okay, and saki tells her that she is. She asks if she has dark circles under her eyes, and she replies that she does. She tells saki that it is rare for her to sleep so well, and that she usually sleeps well. She then asks if there is a place in the store where she can refill her sugar cane, and when saki says that there is one, she says that she will get it for saki. When she asks if it is cold, saki exclaims that they had a good time, and then saki blushes and says that if akira had not been there, she would have been there too. She says that saki is so helpful that she smiles at her if she hadn't been there. When saki complains that she has not eaten breakfast, she is interrupted by the owner of the store, who says that his shift is over and that he will take saki's wife home on his way out. He says that the store is empty during the day, so saki should go to rest up. He then says that he is going to be with